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"Celebrate Fiercely"
by Justine Willis Toms
The following memory keeps coming
back to me; it is a touchstone for me. In
fact, I've even mentioned it in my previous
writings. The scene is a fine spring day and
Michael and I are standing with Bill
McDonough on his front porch. Recent
rains combined with the bright sun made the
entire scene sparkle like diamonds. A squirrel
was running across the emerald lawn,
flowers were standing in a riot of colors:
goldenrod, magenta, cornflower blue, indigo,
and hot pink. I needed a super-de-dooper
box of Crayolas to name the multitude of
greens my eye was striving to take in.
The three of us were talking about R.
Buckminster Fuller, affectionately called
"Bucky." He was the inventor of the geodesic
dome, and the coiner of the term
"Spaceship Earth." I remember he often
corrected people when they were talking
about going into space. He would say, "We
aren't going into space, we are in space."
Bucky would add the facts that the earth is
spinning at 1,040 miles per hour as we rip
through space at 18.5 miles per second, or
about 66,660 miles per hour in its orbit
around the sun. And the Milky Way is barreling
through space at 185 miles per second.
Bill, Michael and I were reminiscing
about Bucky, Michael quoted Bucky as saying,
"Form follows function."
Bill stood there in a rather pregnant
pause. One could see the wheels turning in
his brain matter as we looked out on this
magnificent day. He finally said, "Form
follows function; function follows evolution;
and evolution follows celebration."
It was so obvious, right there before our
eyes. Spring was having a splendiferous
party and everyone was invited.
Everywhere we looked our eyes feasted on
dazzling beauty. It was obvious that life is
all about celebration. Bill went on to say,
"It's not about survival of the fittest. It's
about those who celebrate the most who
are the true evolutionary winners.
Nature is all about fierce celebration."
Inspired by this conversation
we have created a bumper sticker
that says, "Celebrate
Fiercely." For anyone who is
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Along with doing our part to
turn humanity away from it
foibles, let's also celebrate
fiercely this extraordinary life
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